This sample project for Adobe After Effects 6.5 focuses on animating 3D objects on a checkerboard background to creating stunning animations.

Like the projects in Chapters 1 and 2, this project works with modular sequences built with solids. The most prominent of these sequences is a checkerboard-patterned
background and transition you'll present in four variations. The checkerboard pattern you'll create is made from solids that
could easily be swapped with other files to create textures or to make a wall of images or video.

A checkerboard pattern is one of those things that never seems to go out of style. The checkerboards you'll build in this
project dazzle the eye by glittering into and out of each segment. Solids that you'll animate in 3D space then add some dimension
on top of the checkerboard by falling into place in the final product layout.

It Works Like This

Check out the Ch3_Finished_Movie.mov file in this chapter's folder on the book's DVD. This project uses solids to create dynamic backgrounds and eye-catching
3D animations, and to position and frame product shots. As in the first two chapters, the project depends on modular components
to help speed up production. Even better, we provide you with rendered movies for some of the components. The main aspects
of this project are as follows: